Legal Opinion

Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. Coast Manufacturing & Supply Co.

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided July 29, 1960No. Ad. 20750PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARTELS, District Judge.

Motion by cross-respondent to dismiss the cross-libel on the grounds that in admiralty the Court lacks jurisdiction in personam over cross-respondent, and that it lacks jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the original libel and of the cross-libel, and hence the cross-libel must be dismissed.

On December 3, 1956, a fire occurred at the Brooklyn pier of cross-libelant Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Luekenbach”) which was followed by an explosion destroying the pier and the goods stored thereon and causing serious loss of life, personal…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. New Jersey Steam Navigation Company v. MERCHANTS'BANK.Supreme Court of the United States · 1848
  2. Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hale v. Co-Mar Offshore Corp.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984
  2. Alaska Barge and Transport, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
  3. Thypin Steel Co. v. Asoma Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  4. Flota Maritima Browning De Cuba, Sociadad Anonima v. SnoblCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
  5. Senator Linie Gmbh & Co. Kg v. Sunway Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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